Have you ever considered the role emotions play in the learning process? Could awareness of emotions coupled with effective feedback have a positive impact on learning? Researchers Arguedas, Daradoumis & Xhafa (2016) investigated the role emotional awareness has as it relates to both the student and the educator. In the article “Analyzing How Emotional Awareness […]
Archives for February 2019
Grit + Growth Mindset
The individual concepts of Grit and Growth Mindsets are familiar terms in the lexicon of student success. More recently, Hochanadel and Finamore have studied the interplay of these two concepts, encouraging educators to explore the synergy created when students are provided with the tools to learn how to develop both grit and a growth mindset […]
Creating a Success Identity
Watch Ashley Freeman’s story or read below… Have you ever walked into a classroom feeling like everyone is staring at you? When you get called upon to read aloud to the class, does your heart beat like a bass drum that you hope others can’t hear? When someone talks to you, do you sweat and […]
How Well Do You Listen?
As a teacher of teachers, I know how important communication in the classroom is if a teacher is to be truly effective. We who teach teachers and teachers themselves spend much of the classroom time talking and, consequently, plan presentations that focus effort on speaking, showing, demonstrating, using PowerPoint and other visual techniques-all to “cover” […]
